Even more with the hot

[rolanni]

At noon it was 89F/32C in my office at the day-job.

Here at home, it is a pleasant 77F/25C.

We'll try the day-job thing again tomorrow morning. In the meantime, may we please, oh Gods of Wind and Wildness, have a thunderstorm to break the heat? Kthxbai

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heat

[(Anonymous)]

The warehouse I used to work in had no air conditioning either. It would get so hot and humid you could see clouds forming near the ceiling. Management had the bright idea to install fans...on the ceiling where the hot air just blew right down on us. BTW, cardboard boxes don't do well in 90degree heat and 100 percent humidity. Think electronics avalanche.
An inelegant but effective cooing aid was to place one of those flexible ice packs, wrapped in a washcloth, in the central valley in our bras. If you have sufficient space (alas, not me) it's not even noticeable.
Sue H

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[keristor.livejournal.com]

Soggy cardboard, yes...

I find (being male and hence not having that area to put an ice pack) that running cold water (in Europe from from 'mains' water which has been underground, but a bowl of water with ice in it works as well if cold running water isn't available) over my wrists and forearms cools me down better than anywhere else. Obviously this has to be an intermittent thing (keyboards don't like getting soggy) but it's a technique I've used many times when it's hot. Second best is to sit with feet in a bowl of cold water (not ice water, you don't want frostbite, but something well below ambient).